(19)
(11) EP 1 403 414 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(21) Application number: 03017223.3

(22) Date of filing: 30.07.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7D06C 25/00, D03D 15/00, A47H 23/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 31.07.2002 US 400272 P
23.07.2003 US 625323

(71) Applicants:
  • Haiber, Gerd
    72393 Burladingen (DE)
  • Gleinser, Herbert
    Jacksonville, FL 32211 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Haiber, Gerd
    72393 Burladingen (DE)
  • Gleinser, Herbert
    Jacksonville, FL 32211 (US)

(74) Representative: Späth, Dieter, Dipl.-Ing. 
ABACUS Patentanwälte Klocke Späth Barth European Patent and Trademark Attorneys Kappelstrasse 8
72160 Horb
72160 Horb (DE)

   


(54) Hanging fabric panels with integrated stiffened areas


(57) Woven, knitted or otherwise manufactured decorative hanging fabric panels (5) of synthetic or synthetic blended base yarns, the panels (5) having integrated stiffened areas (7) at one or more edges or in chosen internal areas made by interspersing in these areas stiffener yarns (1) incorporating a composite mixture of low melt temperature filaments and common polymer filaments similar or identical to the base yarns. The stiffener yams (1) are designed to melt or plasticize at the temperature typically encountered in the tentering process for such fabrics. The stiffener yarns (1) rigidify after cooling and bond with the base yarns to provide a controllable stiffness for the panel (5).







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